Digital Politics with Karen Jagoda

DNC in Transition with Emily Schwartz UnLock The VAN Initiative

Welcome to the non-partisan Digital Politics Podcast with Karen Jagoda. Since 2007, this show has highlighted impact of new technologies on the campaign landscape, how expectations of voters are changing, fundraising, persuasion and getting out the vote.

Popular topics on the show include best practices for political and advocacy campaigns, ground game strategies, cross-media advertising, social media trends and impact of mobile.

This weekly podcast includes interviews with political consultants, media strategists, journalists, advocates, candidates, elected officials, campaign managers, and solution providers.

Emily Schwartz,
Vice President Organizing, NationBuilder talks about the
UnLockTheVan.com Initiative that is a
petition to the Democratic National Committee to allow candidates
and committees to access their data regardless of which tools and
technology they choose to use. This is a behind the scenes
look at how national committees are managing data, how hard it is
for Democratic campaigns to be innovative because of the exclusive
arrangement between the DNC and NGP VAN, and why the Republican
National Committee is now leading in using new digital
tools.

About the Podcast

The non-partisan Digital Politics Podcast with Karen Jagoda explores political and advocacy campaign best practices, new technologies and innovative approaches to voter engagement, fundraising, ground game strategies, cross-media advertising, using social media to promote and persuade, and getting out the vote. Since 2007, this show has spotted trends and interviewed strategists on the campaign trail as well as candidates, elected officials, and solutions providers who are bringing new tools to campaign staffers and volunteers.